hey, i said i had links, didn't i
Feb. 11th, 2013 01:14 pmTip Your Server and Save the World: "There are two types of people in America: those who have worked in the service industry, and those who have not.... Those who haven't are, virtually without exception, the reason stories like this exist." Yeah. Time to start tipping 20% and rounding up.
Leslie Fish on cats: "About breeding cats for intelligence: it started off as a college Psychology project, and just sort of grew from there." Scary smart cats, including one who invented the lever.
The Reply Given in Arkell v. Pressdram: "This case is well known among lawyers and journalists, especially the phrase 'I refer you to the reply given in Arkell and Pressdram'."
Obituary: John E. Karlin, inventor of the push-buttons on the push-button phone. People have been "calling from a touch-tone phone" for fifty years now.
An amazing photo of someone feeding birds in Krakow. No, really.
Thriving since 1960, my garden in a bottle: "In fact, on the last occasion he watered it Ted Heath was Prime Minister and Richard Nixon was in the White House." I want one. Will have to keep an eye out at thrift stores etc for an appropriate glass jar.
It Takes Planning, Caution to Avoid Being 'It': "Mr. Dennehy and nine of his friends have spent the past 23 years locked in a game of 'Tag.'"
Sharp Suits: "Ad creatives, designers, animators, directors, illustrators and more took time out to dress up their favourite worst feedback from clients, transforming quotes that would normally give you a twitch, into a diverse collection of posters."
If you lose your cellphone, don't blame Wayne Dobson: "An unexplained glitch with at least one cellphone company is directing people with missing phones to [Dobson's] North Las Vegas home." Oh dear.
Random House to Reissue Ruth Chew's Fantasy Oeuvre: "Random House Books for Young Readers has acquired the rights to Ruth Chew’s 29-book canon of middle-grade fantasy novels." Yay! I devoured these when I was in early elementary school, and they're as responsible as anything for my love of fantasy.
did you know how hilarious the patch notes to the sims are: "Sims who are on fire will no longer be forced to attend graduation before they can put themselves out."
Leslie Fish on cats: "About breeding cats for intelligence: it started off as a college Psychology project, and just sort of grew from there." Scary smart cats, including one who invented the lever.
The Reply Given in Arkell v. Pressdram: "This case is well known among lawyers and journalists, especially the phrase 'I refer you to the reply given in Arkell and Pressdram'."
Obituary: John E. Karlin, inventor of the push-buttons on the push-button phone. People have been "calling from a touch-tone phone" for fifty years now.
An amazing photo of someone feeding birds in Krakow. No, really.
Thriving since 1960, my garden in a bottle: "In fact, on the last occasion he watered it Ted Heath was Prime Minister and Richard Nixon was in the White House." I want one. Will have to keep an eye out at thrift stores etc for an appropriate glass jar.
It Takes Planning, Caution to Avoid Being 'It': "Mr. Dennehy and nine of his friends have spent the past 23 years locked in a game of 'Tag.'"
Sharp Suits: "Ad creatives, designers, animators, directors, illustrators and more took time out to dress up their favourite worst feedback from clients, transforming quotes that would normally give you a twitch, into a diverse collection of posters."
If you lose your cellphone, don't blame Wayne Dobson: "An unexplained glitch with at least one cellphone company is directing people with missing phones to [Dobson's] North Las Vegas home." Oh dear.
Random House to Reissue Ruth Chew's Fantasy Oeuvre: "Random House Books for Young Readers has acquired the rights to Ruth Chew’s 29-book canon of middle-grade fantasy novels." Yay! I devoured these when I was in early elementary school, and they're as responsible as anything for my love of fantasy.
did you know how hilarious the patch notes to the sims are: "Sims who are on fire will no longer be forced to attend graduation before they can put themselves out."